Control of a two active-axes suspension for maglev vehicles

Author

Carabelli, S. ; Delprete, C. ; Genta, G. ; Zanolli, S.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Autom. e Inf., Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Volume

6

fYear

1997

fDate

4-6 Jun 1997

Firstpage

3962

Abstract

A maglev three passive-axes levitation layout, in which the forces supporting the vehicle are supplied by the repulsion acting between permanent magnets located under the vehicle and on the guideway, is shortly described. The control design is aimed to stabilize the plant and to achieve a combination of the so-called zero power (control) consumption and exact position tracking strategies with a two active-axes configuration of electromagnets. Experimental results for either the two limit cases of operation are reported

Keywords

control system synthesis; magnetic levitation; stability; tracking; transport control; control design; electromagnet configuration; exact position tracking strategy; maglev three-passive-axes levitation layout; maglev vehicles; repulsion; two-active-axes configuration; two-active-axes suspension control; zero power consumption strategy; Damping; Electromagnetic forces; Electromagnets; Force control; Magnetic levitation; Permanent magnets; Rails; System testing; Vehicle dynamics; Wheels;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

American Control Conference, 1997. Proceedings of the 1997

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

ISSN

0743-1619

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3832-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACC.1997.609639

Filename

609639